Over the last two years, a surge in clean energy manufacturing has helped push U.S. factory construction to the highest level in half a century. Solar power installations and electric car sales are breaking records.
If he returns to the White House, former President Donald J. Trump has suggested he would gut the law, which is expected to pour as much as $1.2 trillion over the next decade into technologies to fight climate change.
Vice President Kamala Harris hopes to accelerate the growth of clean energy to slash greenhouse gas emissions, though that would require speeding up federal permits and overcoming local opposition.
While the Inflation Reduction Act is billed as the biggest climate law in United States history, analysts say it is too early to judge its impact.
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